Distinctions and Awards

Member of the Folklore Fellows of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2002

Member of the Fellows of the American Folklore Society, 1997

Interested in

Political discussions on the development of science and humanities, academic human ressource policy in particular for mid-level academic positions, problems of job-limits; workload in teaching and research in international comparison

Languages

English, French, German, Italian

Doctorate

1987: Playing William Tell in two Swiss Communities (published as: Backstage Domains: Playing William Tell in two Swiss Communities, 1989)

PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

1997: In Search of Authenticity (tenure book)

Short CV/Education and training

1958

Birth

1974 – 1978

school of Kanton Aarau, Switzerland

1978 – 1980

basic studies University of Zurich, Switzerland

1980 – 1982

BA, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1982 – 1987

MA and Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

1988 – 1989

Adjunct Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, USA

1990

Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1991 – 1992

Post-Doc of the Schweizerische Geisteswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft and guest lecturer, University of Basel, Switzerland

Selected projects

Completed projects:

the project was part of a joint research project as preparation of a DFG funded Research Unit, with the title: Ethnographic Knowledge and social knowledge transfer. On the production of cultural knowledge formats in the 20th century (DFG 2006-2008).

Perspectives on Cultural Studies: A Critical History of the Disciplines of European Ethnology and Folklore in Germany and Israel.

A cooperative project of the Institute for Cultural anthropology/European ethnology Göttingen and the Department for Hebrew Literature and Jewish and Comparative Folklore Program of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem. Research assistants: Teresa Brinkel and Dani Schrire (VW-Vorab, 2006 – 2009).

Peer Reviews:

For publishers:

Oxford University Press, Blackwell Publishers and Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Berg Publishers, Routledge, University of California Press, University of North Carolina Press, University of Göttingen Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Tennessee Press, University of Wisconsin Press, Folklore Institute Monographs (Bloomington), Center for Field Research